it happened at the 2600 block of ashland avenue.oel d smith is there, good morning joel. >> reporter: at last check none of these injuries, all of theme shot. it seems like they are all okay. that included a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old. police have been in and out of 2633 all day long. you can see balloons signifying the event all day long. police say it was last night around 9:00 when one shooter came down the alley and started firing shot after shot. so far police don't know much the potential shooters except they left behind a lot of shell casings. after the shooting many of those hit, they found their own way to the hospital traveling with friends or loved ones. the number stands at 12, people shot including that small child. >> the youngest victims being 2 years old, female, she sustained gunshot wound to the left arm. we also had a pregnant young lady who was shot as well. she sustained gunshot wound to the leg. all of the injuries sustained bit victims at this point appear to be nonlife-threatening. >>> beside one person

is it of those people shot at a cookout on ashland avenue, the police commissioner is expected to speak very shortly on the matter. mike hellgren is live with new refraction the mayor. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and mary. the mayor says this was clearly part of a feud and clearly premeditated. they think this is part of a retaliation, a big rivalry between big drug organizations. wjz was on the scene last night in the 2600 block of ashland avenue in the east end community when 12 people were shot during a cookout. among them a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old. all of them are expect to survive. investigators say a man open fired with a semi automatic weapon. the mayor lashed out this morning. >> this was prepremeditated. not a random act. you talk about premeditated. it is their responsibility to speak up. think of that pregnant woman who was shot, the baby who was shot. other people who were shot. people know what happened help in need to speak up so we can follow the law and take people through the process who need to be convicted of committing those kind of crime

including 12 people shot at a party in the twenty six hundred block of ashland avenue. no one killed there. but a 2-year-old girl and pregnant woman among those injured. attack happened at a cookout in east baltimore last night. police and mayor sheila dixon are speaking out about the violence today. keith daniels live at police headquarters with more tonight. keith? >> well, jennifer, so far police have made no arrests. and they have increased presence in the area. including adding nearly 40-foot patrols to the streets after a violent weekend, and a backyard attack. >> it happened at a cookout in the backyard of a home in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. police say someone walked into the alley, at 9:00 sunday night. and opened fire. >> never seen nothing like it. >> guests, and neighbors, took cover. >> it was bad man. it was bad. >> i didn't see everything. but when i came up, the police and all was there. >> the gunman shot 12 people. including a 2-year-old girl, and a pregnant woman. bullets hit the victims in the legs, arms, shoulders, and back. no one died. poli

all started just before 9:00 last night when police say a gunman opened fire in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. >> there was a cookout or gathering going on in one of the backyards in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. someone walked into the alley and basically opened fire. >> and when did he, police say a dozen people were injured when officers arrived on the scene, they found 12 people suffer from gunshot wounds, mostly to the legs. some had been shot in the shoulder, arms and back. among the wounded, a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old child. >> a female sustained a gunshot wound to the left arm. we also had a pregnant young lady who was shot as well. she sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. all of the injuries sustained by the victims at this point appear to be nonlife-threatening. >> and as of last night, police were gathering evidence. they were still interviewing witnesses. at this point they have no description of the suspect, but that is likely to change by later today. reporting live downtown, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police in anne arundel county are

very similar scene down here at ashland and lakewood. i have been out here most of the day and i can tell you that i have seen the helicopter. police helicopter flying overhead. there have also been tactical units deployed to this specific neighborhood as extra added police protection for the people who live here. now fox 45 has learned from sources very close to this investigation that this violence stems from bad blood between 2 rival gangs known as the purple city and chapel hill boys. if the suspected the gunman who opened fire at the cook out sunday if the same person who shot and killed reed earlier this month. in east baltimore. >> so important in my perspective and my view and i mean this is that people within that community they really need to speak up. if not then it's not going to to. >>reporter: the mayor also says despite this weekend violence, statistics show shootings are significantly down this year. reporting live in east baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> fight between father and son ends with a stabbing. this

police say this is just walking distance from the multiple shooting on ashland avenue, the one jimmyas just talking about -- jim anywas talking to. >>> and two men shot in the 200 block of asgive. before 2:00 in the morning. they are expected to be ok. >>> a pizza deliveryman shot and robbed 1:00 this morning. that happened on harford road but police say they don't have any suspects. >>> this is all about picking up the debris left behind from the strong storms in baltimore county. heavy rains and winds packed gusts as high as 60 miles per hour across the region, even dropping golfball-sized hail. at last check bge was reporting a little over 15,000 customers still without power this morning. officials do confirm this was not a tornado. >>> strong storms, up to an inch and a half of rain yesterday. we had up to golfball-sized hail in parts of harford county, even hail back through howard county. it's very muggy this morning. we still have more storms to deal with. 62 degrees in baltimore now. check out the regional satellite and radar composite. as we back it up from 12 hours ago whe

police say gunman opened fire on the crowd who had a cookout in the 2600 block of ashland avenue whenl of a sudden shots rang out. investigators say none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. police don't have a motive in the case. >>> 9:30, police on the scene of another shooting in east baltimore, this on east baltimore street. police say this is just walking distance from the multiple shooting on ashland avenue that jamesy was talking about. the injured man was taken to hopkins. no word on his condition. >>> around midnight, reports of a double homicide at the corner of fayette and cochran. police have little information to go on. there have been no arrests made in any of these cases. >>> the chief of police in alexandria, virginia, in hot water, he faces drunk driving charges after getting into an accident that injured one person. on saturday night, authorities say chief david baker was arrested in arlington, virginia, driving an unmarked city vehicle and had a .19 blood alcohol level, that is about twice the legal limit. the driver of the other car was hospitalized with

police say this is a few blocks from the multiple shooting on ashland avenue that jamie was just talking about. the injured man was taken to johns hopkins hospital. right now no word on his condition. >>> and two other men were shot in the 200 block of ascliff before 2:00 this morning. one shot in the hand, the other in the leg, both men are expected to be ok. a pizza deliveryman also shot and robbed around 1:00 this morning. this happened on harford road but police say they don't have any suspects in this case. >> 23 people shot. >>> search teams found the body of an 11-year-old girl reported missing after a boating accident. it happened saturday afternoon on the sassaras river in cecil county county. the boat jumped over the wake of a barge. police are not releasing her name, she was not wearing a life jacket. >>> a possible hate crime in brooklyn park. anne arundel county police say someone broke into heavenly hands salon on ritchie highway on saturday morning and spray-painted racist comments on the floor, the walls and the counters. the suspects also poured a flammable liquid on the

police say it's just a few blocks away from a multiple shooting that happened on ashland avenue.he injured man taken to hopkins. no word on his condition this morning. >>> and two men shot in the 200 block of ascliff before 2:00. one shot in the hand, the other in the leg. both men expected to be ok. >>> a pizza deliveryman was shot and robbed around 1:00 this morning. this happened on harford road but police say they do not have any suspects in this case. >>> fast-moving storms and high winds hit hard across the area yesterday. more than 20,000 people were without power at the height of the storm. the damage stretches from carroll to harford counties but some of the worst in baltimore county. the reisterstown area especially hit hard. we were there when a woman was being rescued from her car after a tree fell on top of it. >> it was just, boom and shifted my car. yeah, i'm fine. these guys did a good job. >> the national weather service says the storm was not a tornado. thousands of people though still without power this morning. all the debris could take several days to clean u

it all happen around 9:00 sunday evening when a gunman hit 12 people in the 2600 block of ashland avenue in east baltimore. two more shootings would follow that abc 2 news brian kuebler updates us on the investigation, and a massive police presence in the neighborhood. >> reporter: come anywhere near ashland avenue in beast baltimore, and you'll see the heavy police presence the commissioner promised. >> the only update i can really give is the fact that yesterday we deployed a number of officers over into that area. i know the police were going back and questioning a number of the people who were in the yards. >> reporter: an effort police say has yielded some good information that could soon lead to arrests. but on this day, still none. it is not for lack of trying. police are visible on nearly every corner, on foot, patrolling by car, even s.w.a.t. officers. a total of almost one extra police are teaming in this neighborhood, an effort many neighbors here appreciate. >> we can't have it, i mean 24/7. but they're doing the job they had to do. they did 2 job. and i commend them for that

the first incident sunday. 12 people shot on ashland avenue in east baltimore, including a woman seven months pregnant and a 2-year-old girl. at a meeting for people who live in southeast baltimore, police commissioner fred bealefeld confirmed that the shooting was a hit, targeting 25-year-old alleged drug kingpin steven blackwell. >> we know that word got out that he was at the party, which triggered this hit, this attempted murder on his life. >> reporter: blackwell was struck in the arm. later there was a shooting on south bond street. two men were killed on comet street. and then police say men in two cars drove down east baltimore street, firing guns at each other. the police commissioner says investigators have identified suspects in all of the cases, except for that initial shooting on ashland. >> we don't have a shooter identified in that case, but in nearly all the others, we do have shooters identified. >> reporter: this week police have flooded the neighborhood with new officers. some residents hope they'll focus on finding illegal guns. >> gun is the key because where are t

the 2600 block of ashland avenue. >> you are seeing the product of an environment that needs change bad. >> reporter: city police department says 18 people were shot. two of the victims were shot a back yard cookout. drugs and turf wars are thought to be the reason. >> all of a sudden a barrage of bullets. they sprayed into the crowd. >> reporter: among the injured, a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant woman. >>> people knew what happened. it is their responsibility to speak up and think of that pregnant woman who was shot, that baby who was shot. everybody people who were shot . it is their responsibility. the people who knew what happened, they need to speak up. >> reporter: two young men age 18 and 19 were fatally shot in the 200 block of conklin street. the two murders may be the result of the abduction of these two men. >> we should put this guy out of business and he should be out of business and the people trying to kill him should be out of business. >> reporter: no arrests yet in 90 shootings. we should get an update from the police commissioner later today. live outside police hea

suspected that the person that opened fire at the cookout on sunday along ashland avenue is the same person that pulled the trigger, and killed gerard reed weeks ago at this corner at madison and kin wood. and an innocent bystander in an area hit hard by gang violence. >> i was actually there. it is not the same. it is not. it used to be a neighborhood but it is different. a war zone. >> just as we were in the neighborhood. police run to check out what may be gun fire. this time, it turns out to be nothing. still, people feared the worst. >> he heard it. so i had to make sure all of my siblings were in the house. >> is that what your initial reaction is make sure your siblings were safe. >> call the neighbors to make sure they were okay. >> from the mayor of baltimore city, she like police are hoping someone will come forward. >> it is so important in my perspective. in my view. and i mean this, is that people within the community, and both within the yard, they have to speak up up if not, it won't stop. >> in east baltimore, joy lepola fox 45 news at 10:00. >> well despite the viole

. >> reporter: 18 people were shot in five hours in the 2600 block of ashland avenue, among 12 wounded at a cookout. that and at least one other stemmed from a feud between rival blood gangs. >> it's a big city t. needs are much greater than our resources are right now. >> reporter: police have swarmed the neighborhood. their presence includes 37 uniformed foot offices and a s.w.a.t. team. >> i don't want to hear about the snitching and enough. that's crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot and could have been worse. >> reporter: investigators have made no arrests. they say two gunmen carried out the mayhem. >> it was very well planned. there's a lot of work that went into that hit. >> reporter: police are reviewing their operation, specifically the intelligence and what they know about these big drug gangs with rivalry apes east and west sides of baltimore. live in headquarters, mike hellgren. >> thank you very much. despite the violence, non-fatal shootings are down significantly this year. >>> a 14-year-old will remain blind bars until his murder trial. he

at the 2600 block of ashland avenue. >> you see in the product of an environment that needs change bad. >> reporter: city police say 18 people were shot, two of them fatally. 12 shot on sunday at a backyard cookout. drugs and turf washes are the reasons. >> i heard the bullets. they shot into the crowd. people were running and yelling. >> reporter: among the injured, a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant women. >> it's people's responsibility to speak up. think about the pregnant woman, a baby, other people. it's their responsibility. people who knew what happened. >> reporter: two hours later, two young men were fatally shot in the 200 block of conkley street. it may have been retaliation for the abduction of these two young men last year. >> we can put this cat out of business, and he should be out of business. >> reporter: the increased police presence in east baltimore may go a long way to making people safe. but the reality of why the cops are here is sad. >> it feels like a war zone. it's sad that we as a people need the police to protect us from ourselves. >> reporter: among the vict

news of a serious shooting in east baltimore, six people were injured in the incident, 2600 block of ashland avenue not far from where two 16-year- olds were shot last week, one of them died. in this incident, though, no one appeared to have life- threatening injuries. >>> fire crews rushed to an apartment just after 4:00 this afternoon. they trace the leak to a malfunctioning stove. a pan and two women were taken to freezing rain lynn square while a relative asked when this is all going to end. >> my aunt was light-headed and she was complaining of a headache. once the detective went off, that's when they called 9-1-1. >> they need to shut it down or do something. >> reporter: the victim's fames and conditions have not been released. abc 2 news contacted the apartment complex's management. our calls were not returned. >>> search teams found the body of a-year-old girl reported missing after a boating accident. this happened in cecil county. the girl it was thrown from a 20-foot long boat when it jumped over the barge. >> the vessel struck the wake on the bough. that created a bouncing effec

it happened along the 2600 block of ashland avenue where police say shots were fired during a party and hit 12 different people including a little girl. she was shot in the arm. a pregnant woman was wounded in the leg. everyone is expected to recover. police have not said if any -- if they have any suspects at this time. >>> a baltimore county -- eastern baltimore county apartment complex is once again cleaning up for -- after a serious carbon monoxide leak. three people at the cove village apartment complex in essex got sick over the weekend and had to be hospitalized. investigators believe a malfunctioning gas stove may to be blame. over the last month, a number carbon monoxide leaks have been reported that the very same conference. >>> it is official now, sarah palin has stepped down as governor of alaska. as hari sreenivasan reports for wjz, some have wondering what is next for the former vice presidential candidate. >> reporter: sarah palin is moving on. >> i will be able to fight even harder for you for what is right and for truth. >> reporter: first-term governor left office 16 m

>>reporter: that shooting at the cook out happened here in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. now police call it a cold calculated shooting that was part of an ongoing feud between rival drug gangs. now the shooting happened in the back yard. police say someone walked into the alley and opened fire. 12 people were shot. bullet hit the victim in the leg, arms, shoulders and back. no one died. police say the apparent target of the shooting was 25-year-old steven blackwell who police say is connected to rival gang activity. now the attack was one of 4 shootings over a period of 3 hours in east baltimore. frustrated mayor dixon says today if people want violence leak this to stop, they must come forward with witness information. >> i don't want to hear from the media about the whole snitching or any of that. that's crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot and could have been worse. >>reporter: so far police have made no arrest. they have increased police presence in the area. nearly 40 additional officers have been put on foot patrol on the street. mean t

. >> reporter: the shootings on ashland avenue were only part of a violent day overall with a total of 21 people being shot on sunday in baltimore in just a span of six hours. >>> baltimore county police have now identified the thee people killed in monday morning's fiery car crash involving a street sweeper in white marsh. the three women were from pennsylvania. reportedly, they were going on their way home from kentucky where katrina's fiance graduated from the army's basic training. police say the car turned into the path of a street sweeper truck. >>> on the heels of two tragic deaths, changes on interstate 70 and illegal street racing. workers are putting in barry kates to -- barricades now. two people died in june when police say a street racer lost control of his car. neighbors had begged police to crack down on the racing for years. >> it's a constant roar. it's drag racing. you can hear the wheels peeling out. >> the state highway administration will monitor the reduction of lanes to see how it affects commutes. >>> john that than dick is now facing 18 charges including sex of

baltimore city police say 12 people were shot the 2600 tock of ashland avenue and at least one of those trading begins is a present -- pregnant woman. people were at a home for a sunday evening cookout when a gunman came from an alley and opened fire. it happened just before 9:00 p.m. tonight. it appears none of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. police said they are searching for at least one gunman in this case. officers in several districts are working the investigation and we will have much more on this for you tomorrow morning on 11 news today. now, to our other big story that we're falling tonight, the severe weather. thunderstorms plowed through our area, leaving a big mess behind. trees and power lines were down, most of those reports came into our newsroom from baltimore county. we have melissa carlson live in the midst of the aftermath. but we begin with meteorologist john collins live in the insta- weather center. >> it all started around the dinner hour. thunderstorms developed in this steube atmosphere, a very tropical atmosphere with lots of moisture in it. th

. >> you both are living in ashland, ohio. you're from lubbock, texas.sic fan. you've got martina mcbride singing. does that work, that's working for you? >> oh, that's awesome. she's a huge country fan, too. so it's the most amazing present we could wish for. >> and you always, you know, you have been living in ashland, ohio. i'm sure you've got a lot of people there really excited and rooting for you. it must be a big deal. >> it's overwhelming. >> it sure is. >> come on in. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here's a look at some of our top stories. passengers on a southwest flight from nashville to baltimore are crediting the pilot and crew members for the safer emergency landing after a hole the size of a football depressurized the cabin. the flight was diverted to an airport in charleston, west virginia. none of the people on board the plane were injured. it is unclear what caused the damage, but southwest airlines says they are expecting nearly 200 planes in the fleet as a

investigators have identified suspects in all of the cases except for the backyard shooting here on ashlandvenue. >>> all right. you are putting paint on your face, a jersey on your face, wig on your head, and you are heading out to westminster in your purple car. let's go to ravens camp with abc 2 news cheryl conner. cheryl? >> reporter: good morning. the purple cars will be traveling to westminster where the full team will work out for the first time this season. training camp opened monday. the first practice was tuesday. veterans reported on monday. this morning, fans will see the full squad on the field. yesterday, the ravens announced first round draft pick offensive tackle michael orr signed a five-year deal. he gets a $13.8 million contract with a nearly $8 million guarantee. >> i'm the type of guy i don't want to let my teammates down. i want to go through everything they are going through. i want them to hurry up and get me a count. >> we traded him up to get him for a reason. nothing that we've seen thiness that day through the mini scamps and ota's and first day of practice have

>> reporter: the rally starts here at the corner of ashland and lakewood at around 6:30 tonight here in east baltimore. let me give you a little background about this program. safe streets is a tpally funded programs which places ex-offenders back into the community to mediate disputes and provide outreach programs for at-risk youth. one was injured as you just mentioned in the cookout this past sunday where 12 people were shot. now this person becomes a witness to a shooting involving major players in what police are calling a drug war. now jeff, here's where it gets a little sticky. it is believed that the worker was at the cookout as a part of a normal canvassing or walking through specific areas to spread a message of non-violence. this is what this program does, but the workers rely on trust within the community and rarely report to police in what could become incriminating information. so it is not known how helpful this worker who is still hospitalized from several gunshot wounds has been in this investigation. tonight a community responds to sunday's shooting. >> i think as a

the shooting happened in the backyard of a home in the 2600 block of ashland avenue in east baltimore. police say someone walked into the alley at 9:00 and opened fire. investigators say the apparent target of the shooting was a man connected to rival drug gang activity. now frustrated mayor sheila dixon said today, if people want violence like this to stop, they must come forward with witness information. >> i don't want to hear from the media b you know, the whole snitching, dvd or any of that. that's crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot. it could have been worse. and so it is important that the people in that community come forward. >> well, the little girl and pregnant woman shot at that cookout, are expected to make a full recovery. we're live at city police headquarters. keith daniels, fox 45 news "late edition". >> and that brings us to the question of the day. do baltimore residents need to do more to help police solve crime? at last check, 92 percent say yes. and 8 percent say no. earl from pasadena writes, as a former city officer i will say yes

including a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old girl were shot during a cookout in the backyard of a home on ashland avenue. police have not released the names of the victims except for one of them. steven blackwell. 25 years old and no stranger to police. he faced charges of attempted murder in the past. police say the shooting was possibly premeditated. the police commissioner announced a large-scale increase of police deployments in east baltimore. police still have no suspects in connection with the violence that happened last night. >>> and that shooting was just one of many in the city from sunday night well into monday morning. >> it was a busy night but the governor now in philadelphia today hopefully getting some much-needed help from the federal government. it couldn't come at a much better time. sherrie johnson joins us now with more. >> reporter: good morning. yes, governor martin o'malley heads to philadelphia as baltimore receives federal aid money to keep more police on the streets. this announcement is expected to come from vice president joe biden and attorney general eric holder. i

and 2-year-old girl, they were among those shot during this cookout in the backyard of a home on ashland avenue. now police have not released the names of the victims except for one of them. steven blackwell. he's 25 years old, faced charges of attempted murder in the past and members of his family have been suspects or victims in several other crimes. police say the shooting was premeditated. the city police commissioner expressed frustration that investigations targeting blackwell have not produced results. >> we are concerned about the pace and progress of some of these investigations and we're going to do everything we can to speed those efforts along, and to put these guys out of business just as expeditiously as possible. >> how are you going to do that? the commissioner announced a large-scale increase in police deployments in east baltimore including 37 additional officers working foot patrols. 20 more detectives and platoon of 12 s.w.a.t. team officers. this news is especially welcome. >> the federal government is giving more money to baltimore and other cities to keep officers

police tell 11 news the shooting happened just before 9:00 last nights in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. they say there was some sort of a cookout or a gathering when someone walked into the crowd and started firing. at last count there are a dozen victims. the injuries range from shots to the shoulder, to the back, to the arms. we're told mostly leg wounds. among the victims a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old child. >> a female sustained a gunshot wound to the left arm. we also had a pregnant young lady who was shot as well. she sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. all of the injuries sustained by the victims at this point appear to be nonlife-threatening. >> there's no update on the conditions of the victims. we do know police are still looking for a suspect in this case. live downtown, jennifer franciotti. wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. a family of an 11-year-old girl is coming to terms with her death this morning. maryland natural resources police say they recovered the girl's body early yesterday morning in the sassafras river in kent county. rescue crews are been searching for her

it happened in east baltimore along ashland avenue.-year-old child shot in the arm and a 23-year-old pregnant woman was shot in the leg. a suspect or suspects walked into the alley adjacent to the home and opened fire on the crowd before running away. >>> a man who was attending a bachelor party as a bar next to the philadelphia phillies ballpark was beaten to death in a brawl. he was assaulted, taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. >>> a hearing is scheduled for this week for the man accused of shooting a security guard at the memorial museum that happened last month. an attorney for the accused said his client is not well enough to come to court. prosecutors say doctors told them the 89-year-old suspect might be able to come to court later in the month. he faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of museum guard steven johns. >>> branch robbery suspect cynthia crawford will be in court tomorrow to face arraignment. she entered a bank on friday. an alert bank employee jotted down the license plate number on crawford

where 12 people were shot during a back yard barbecue in the 2600 block of ashland avenue.for suspects in that shooting and several others, including the fatal shooting of two men ages 18 and 19 killed in the 200 block conklin street, the mayor and commissioner say they will need the public's help in solving 90 shootings. back to you. so far no arrests. >>> a police raid in howard county leaves a couple's dog dead and now they are suing. police raided kevin and lisa henderson's home looking for suspected drug activity. during that raid police shot and killed their dog. after being acquitted on all charges, the hendersons are suing the county for $5 million. >>> people in several neighborhoods are cleaning up the damage caused by saturday night's powerful thunderstorms. emergency officials say the storm's strong winds knocked down hundreds of trees and damaged hundreds of cars and homes. 2600 homes were without electricity this morning. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. >>> revolutionary treatments that can melt away fat. just one of five new treatments we'll show y

alley along ashland avenue. brian lewis is fed up. >> and i don't know why the city is not doing something about this! what they trying to save money for? this is garbage. it's going to make us all sick around here. maggots is coming on out of this stuff. >> reporter: down the street, there is more trash. chicken bones, a dirty diaper and garbage bags that have been gnawed open by rats and cats. >> it stinks. it's dirty. it's piled up. they're cutting back on something they don't need to be cutting back on. >> i don't want a rat coming into my house. >> reporter: brenda jacobs says the trash is leading to more rats. the rats are leaving behind a big mess. hardly the type of neighborhood you would want your kids to walk through. >> try to sit out here. it's nasty. >> please be patient. >> reporter: robert murrah with the department's of public works says this will be bumps in the roads, and he recognizes the transition to one plus one will be harder in certain neighborhoods. but she confident the plan will work.

police say that they have yet to make any arrests in these shootings including the one on ashland avenue where 12 people were shot. some residents fear that the visible police presence is only a temporary fix. >> nothing's going to happen while they are here. once they are gone, you know? somebody else will do something. it's inevitable. >> the police department says they will keep the extra officers in the area until they can make the arrests from this weekend's rash of shootings. >>> but more police help on the way. the department is going to be hiring 50 new officers in the coming months thanks to a $10 million federal stimulus money. we're told the new recruits will be assigned to foot patrol in the eastern district. >> the police could get a relationship with the neighborhood. >> if they go to the right places i think that's better and not focus on where there's no crime but mainly on where there is crime. >> after the two-year grant expires the city will have to come up with the money for the extra police officers. >>> a private memorial service is planned for tomorrow for the four

this is in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. now it is still not clear just how many people were shot originally. we were told it is about a half dozen. and we were told by police that one of the victims is indeed a pregnant woman. we will have the latest on this story that is still developing either later in this newscast or on the eyewitness news morning edition. >>> an apartment complex in baltimore county has once again become the scene of a carbon monoxide leak. today three residents of the coe village apartment complex got sick and had to go to the hospital. emergency crews had to ventilate two units tonight. they believe that a stove may be the cause. >> they just got new water tanks, new stoves, new bg & e air conditioning units. everything. i don't understand what's going on, at all. >> over the last month a number of other co leaks involving stoves have been reported at the staple complex and a fatality a few years ago. >>> from the eastern shore this weekend, heartbreak for a maryland family following a boating accide

people were shot in five hours, including a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old in the 2600 block of ashland avenue. they were among 12 wounded at a cookout. that shooting and at least one other stemmed from a feud between rival drug gangs. the archbishop also weighed in on the violence this morning. >> the city is as bad as afghanistan, if not worse. >> it's a big city. and their needless are much greater -- needs are much greater than ours now. >> reporter: they have beefed up 37 foot patrol officers. >> i don't want to hear from the media about the whole snitching dvd and all of that, because that's crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot and it could have been worse. >> reporter: investigators have made no arrests in the shooting. they say two gunmen carried out the mayhem. >> very well planned. there's a lot of work that went into that hit. >> reporter: right now, police are reviewing their operations, specifically their intelligence and why they may have missed signs that tensions were boiling over between these two rival gangs. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness

along ashland avenue, after a mass shooting. part of a bloody battle over drug money and turf. it prompted strong reaction from the archbishop. >> parts of the city are very violent. parts of the city are as bad as afghanistan if not worse, as we saw this weekend. >> this time, it was just pure carnage and pandemonium. it was crazy. >> we've got to fall on the floor like a combat zone. >> a pregnant female. they took her right past me, on a gurney to the ambulance. >> reporter: sources say a feud between blackwell and the rich drug organizations has also sparked murder. beefed up patrols include 37 uniformed officers, members of the auto theft task force and a s.w.a.t. platoon. >> 40,000 could gather together for brahm -- obama. but we need to have them bather together and say enough is enough. >> reporter: on the radio, naacp leadership condemned the bloodshed. >> reporter: it is right for us to now stand up and deal with what is happening in the community. stop pointing the finger, blaming somebody else other than yourselves. -- ourselves. >> reporter: one block away communit

last night around 9:00 12 people including a toddler and pregnant woman were shot on ashland avenue inone of the injuries appear to be life threatening. the victims were taken to how how -- hopkins. police on the scene at 11:30 of another shooting. the man taken to hopkins. no word on his condition. no arrests in either incident. >>> see you in about a half-hour for another morning update. "good morning maryland" at 9:00 this morning. fresh...fresh...fresh. really fresh. come into your local giant today for mouthwatering fruits and vegetables, all at prices you can handle. like northwest cherries, just $1.49 a pound. this week only at giant. you know, it's not the grill that makes a delicious, tender, perfect piece of steak. [ crowd gasps ] it's the steak. enjoy quality selections from the butchers at giant, like top round london broil just $1.79 a pound. this week only at giant. ♪ >>> hang ten, baby. >> oh. hang -- hang it up, is what -- look at those waves. waves as high as a two-story house. surfers flocking to southern california, because they're insane. and against the advice of t

. >> reporter: police say the shooting on ashland was also connected to at least one other shooting in what was an unusually violent night in east baltimore. they will now flood the area with police, including a s.w.a.t. team. >> we are going to stay committed to fighting these guys out in the streets every day over this insane desire to arm themselves. >> it's just sad that these few that are going on, people have no respect for life. >> reporter: we've also learned that a member of the safe streets team was wounded in the shootings last night. that's an organization that is dedicated to mediating these disputes before they turn violent. at city police headquarters, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> okay, mike. thank you very much. >>> overall, nonfatal shootings are significantly down in the city this year. murders are up slightly. >>> we have more breaking news for your rollover accident on interstate 695, between interstate 83. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. captain mike perry has more. >> we do, denise. this is the outer loop between 695. between the 83. jfx and harris

. >>> a man opened fire on a backyard cookout in baltimore last night on ashland avenue in east baltimore. most victims were wounded in the legs, arms, shoulders and back. police don't have any information to share on the suspect a motive in this case. >>> today the defense going to begin making its case in the case of banita jacks. the d.c. mother accused of killing her four children and living with their bodies for several months. the prosecution wrapped up on friday. jackson's lawyers acknowledged the case will be short with a handful of witnesses. >>> a beauty salon turning into a crime scene. somebody smashed out the front windows of heavenly hands and spray painted nasty words. the salon is two-doors down from a police substation. and vandals stole computers and salon equipment and destroyed the rest by dousing the equipment with fuel. >> they actually put gasoline and pourd it in here. so if you turn this on, you don't know what will happen. >> that's my money. that's my bread and butter, that's my bill money. so i'm losing on that end. >> she's been that location for two years and

the shooting happened just before 9:00 last night at ashland ave.nd a 2-year-old child the injuries range from zero shots to the shoulder and back and arms, but mostly leg wounds. >>> it is becoming an all too familiar sight. crews responding to another carbon monoxide scare. three people had to be taken to hospital. >> we are not exactly sure where it came from. bge came down and shut off the gas to the home. >> over the last two months, fire crews have been called the complex several times. property managers have been working with the state to correct problems in the unit. ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving wh h geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. ufuffled music (announcer) 's's right here, it's easy... ♪ i always feel lik somebody's watchg g me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. and replace your old mayo with the full flavor of aft mayo with olive oil. with the rich taste of imported olive oil and half the fat and calories of

places like fredericksburg, ashland, places like that, could see some shower activity before it is alls morning or today. let's take a look at the surface map. here is why we're seeing what we're seeing. it is an area of low pressure really renterred over eastern portions of south carolina and the stationary front positioned that way, that is helping to bring that precipitation and that cloud cover up through the mid-atlantic region into our area. high pressure to the north. we're kind of caught beween the two systems. so the forecast for washington for today look like this. think there will albright lot of clouds around today. you can see them moving in as we speak. a couple of showers are indeed possible across the area. 82degrees for your high. then for tonight, we're lacking for more clouds, a few showers and thunderstorms possible during the evening and nighttime hours. low in town, about 65 degrees. your five-day forecast, first of all, high temperatures this week below normal all week long. our normal high 89 degrees at this point so we'll see cooler temperatures. every day brin

. >>> ashland's profits are tumbling for things like severan severance. it's a chemicals firm. up 5 1/2%. revenue rose modestly, ashland said demand should remain weak throughout the rest of the year. the property and casualty insured reported an 18% increase in earnings as gains offset underwriting losses. operating earnings of 149 a share beat estimates by 19 cents. the company raised the full-year outlook. on the nasdaq, let's check out ramis, designer of memory circuits. loss of 15 cents a share. company also said there is a delay in a trial relating to patent royalties. a consistent issue with rambus. >>> stocks under a tiny bit of pressure at the open. take out microsoft, american express, and the industrials, and nearly flat. of course, there's a lot of upside in recent weeks. we talked about, how do you prepare your portfolio for the long term and for right now as well. joseph keating, fifth third asset management. joe, i'll start with you. it's simple. people want to know, where do we go from here? >> well, brian, i think we go higher. but it could take a little while.

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ohio valley, real intense storm moving across southern parts of ohio, you can see it just north of ashland right now. no warnings on it, however this storm had a history of possibly producing a tornado in buchanan and it did damage some house trailers in this area and numerous trees down. so still a wicked storm, but it has been diminishing, something we'll continue to monitor over the next couple of hours and strong storms moving through upstate new york, making its way through albany, schenectady, we'll be seeing this that the megalopolis area we think in the late dinner hours. ambulance tour din, okay on the way in, but maybe not on the way out. winds are strong ahead of this, too, so we are seeing wind delays across the northeastern corridor, jfk, also washington, d.c. looking at delays because of the thunderstorms, the heat continues to be a big problem out west. there's a live picture of even if nirvgs from knxv-tv, 109, don, you know it's hot in phoenix when they issue excessive heat warnings in the desert. >> when you say 109, you know it's just hot. it's hot, uncomfortable. danger

police say the gunman started shooting at a crowd at a backyard cookout in the 2600 block of ashland of -- avenue. at least 12 people were injured including a pregnant woman and 2-year-old child. investigators say everyone is expected to be ok. >>> and that may have been the motivation behind another shooting, it took place on east baltimore street around 11:30. police say it was a few blocks from the multiple shooting with 12 people. this one the shooting victim was taken to johns hopkins but right now no word on that victim's condition. >>> another shooting left two men dead in east baltimore. police say it happened at the corner of fayette and conklin around midnight. the victims identified as gary matten and darion jones. police say they have little information to go on. >>> a third shooting overnight left two men with nonlife-threatening injuries. the shooting happened in the 200 block of ascliff before 2:00 in the morning. one shot in the habtd hand, the other in the leg. >>> a pizza delivery was shot on harford road, but police say they have no motive. >>> wild weather caused

including a pregnant woman and 2-year-old girl were shot during a cookout in the backyard of a home on ashland avenue. police have not released the names of the victims except for one of them, steven blackwell. he's a 25-year-old whotationed attempted -- who faced attempted murder charges in the past. police say the shooting may have been premeditated. the police commissioner announced a large-scale increase of police deployment in east baltimore. police still have no suspects in connection with the shooting. >>> a lots of shootings happened in baltimore city and now the police commissioner wants to make our streets a lot safer. so today governor martin o'malley heads to philadelphia to learn more about federal money that baltimore will receive to put more police officers on the streets. vice president joe biden as well as the attorney general eric holder will on hand to discuss the program. more than 7,000 cities applied for money. baltimore is one of over 7,000 cities selected for this program. >>> you better lock your car. the search is on for people responsible for at least 10 car break-in

i am a high school librarian at patrick high school in ashland virginia. as part of this committee, we are looking for books that are suitable for students ages 14 to 19. so we have a pretty narrow focus but the books that we've selected as outstanding are ones that would be suitable for those aged students across the country so we are trying to have a general topic list. the first 1i would like to talk about is the oxford companion to the american musical theater, film and television. this is a really neat book for reference collections in high schools. the entries are in alphabetical order. very easy to use. the language is suitable for high school audiences and middle school audiences. there are lots of illustrations. lots of illustrations throughout the book, which covers information on dancers, choreographers, authors, the playwright's composers, lyricists, actors, musicals and covering a large time range. everything from abroad fell on up through high school musical. lots of time lines to give students a good perspective on what's going on, both arti

it happened just before 9:00 last night at the 2600 block of ashland ave. among the victims was a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old child. the injuries range from gunshot means to the shoulder, back, and arms, but mostly leg wounds. no word on a suspect or possible motive. >> plenty to talk about as you travel this morning. at fayette, all lanes closed. also it pressure white marsh and 95. honeygo and white marsh, also blocked. park heights and greenspring valley, closed due to downed wires. downed tree to report and it would buy into morgan station is shut down and route 99. use this as your alternate to white marsh boulevard, because that remains blocked. >> it is hazy, hot, and humid out there already. will surge to a high of 88 degrees. 40% to 50% of late afternoon and early evening showers and thunderstorms. this is going to move closer to us all along. gary humid down there as well. this is typical late july, early august weather. is flitting with the 90-degree threshold. chances each and every afternoon of 6 scattered showers and storms. >> check the b

they are -- they live in ashland, ohio. they're both professional runners. love. and they're very cute. >> and theirs was a forbidden love. shmuley would have loved that. it was against the rulesor i guess anyone in this runner's club to date. >> look at them. >> for them to shall we say patronize one another away from the running aspect. >> yes. >> so they hid in a parking lot, hoda, i love that. something you would do. they had a little wine. had a little wine. they got to know each other and they were busted, basically. >> martina mcbride is here singing, she's awesome. and she just sang their wedding song and their song they chose is "i call you mine" which is a beautiful martina mcbride song, gorgeous, wonderful, and they got us thinking about our wedding songs at our weddings. >> we've got you thinking about it. what is your wedding song at your wedding? >> can i tell you something funny? i wanted "at last". >> ♪ at last >> but the funny thing is my ex picked the song and i don't remember. i kind of think it was "precious and few." >> which it ended up

. >> you both are living in ashland, ohio. you're from lubbock, texas.'ve got a lot of people there really excited and rooting for you. it must be a big deal. >> it's overwhelming. >>> time is 9:56. 72 degrees. look at that traffic out there trying to get into the district. we'll get a check on traffic and weather coming up. good morning. i'm joe krebs in the "news4 today" a terrifying moment in the skies. southwest airlines is inspecting 200 aircraft after a football size hole opened up in the fuselage of a plane. no one was injured. investigators have not figured out what caused this damage yet. >>> today the d.c. council will vote on whether to approve an investigation into marion berry's use of contracts. the d.c. inspector general is being asked to investigate a series of district contracts worth several hundred thousand dollars that berry promoted through the d.c. department of health. berry says the move is politically motivated. >>> a house subcommittee will hold a hearing on last month's deadly metrorail crash. today's hearing comes on the heels

chuck engbor from ashland, new hampshire, talked about the high cost of insurance and the instability of health insurance at a recent roundtable that i held in new hampshire. chuck was diagnosed with type two diabetes, he suffered a smiled stroke, heart attack and had five bypass surgeries. he he also because of diabetes has to walk on crutches for three years. despite all of that, chuck has lived to tell his tale, but the turning point for him came two years ago when his wife, kathy, was laid off from her job. they had to purchase cobra health insurance and found that the cost of cobra plus high copays amounted to more than 50% of their annual income. in the mean time kathy suffered a heart attack on her own which resulted in her own bypass surgery. they're one of the lucky ones because kathy found new employment and they have health insurance through their job. but that comes with a very high annual deductible. i heard a similar situation from a woman named laura m mcknit who struggles with high insurance costs. while she hasn't had surgery in 16 years, the insurance companies are a